The pressure is everything. The pressure difference drives the hurricane winds, nothing else, the lower the internal Millibars of pressure, the faster the winds can get. The (relatively negative) pressure is the driving force behind the hurricane engine - the greater the pressure difference the greater the windspeed can attain.
So, if the windspeed drops a bit, it is only temporary. The eyewall will be the destination target for all the air surrounding the eye, as the air tries to fill the relative void in the eye created by condensation high up in the atmosphere. The hurricane spins due to the corriolis
effect, which is NOT what happens in your toilet.
A hurricane is a great big continuous simple-cycle heat engine, using heat from the ocean, rapid ocean evaporation, even more rapid condensation (which cause both the heavy rains and low pressures), and being fed more warm, humid air from the winds circulating in continuously. It is an efficent way to disperse heat through the planet and then out into space.
Thank you- this is an EXCELLENT description.
WOW- are you listening to Max Mayfield now on FOX? He said there is now no doubt this will be worse than Camille..
"A hurricane...is an efficent way to disperse heat through the planet and then out into space".
So more hurricanes means the planet is warming up?